Cirque Du Freak Unit of Work - teaching resource

Cirque Du Freak – English Teaching Unit

Explore Darren Shan’s Cirque Du Freak with this engaging and comprehensive English teaching resource. This unit includes a 91-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and a 10-page booklet of worksheets, designed to develop key reading and writing skills through an in-depth study of the novel.

This unit covers:

• Context and background – including a research task on Victorian freak shows

• Character exploration and profile creation

• Developing inference and deduction through active reading strategies

• How to embed quotes effectively in written responses

• Writing structured analytical responses using the P.E.A.R.L. method

• Summary writing and reporting activities

• A range of independent, pair and group tasks

• Grammar focus: identifying and using adverbs accurately

• Analysing the author’s use of language in the novel

• Using speech marks correctly in narrative writing

• A creative writing assessment – composing an additional chapter

Ideal for upper primary or transition year learners, this fully editable resource supports reading comprehension, critical thinking, grammar, and creative writing skills.

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